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During the weekend of the August Bank Holiday, the town of Reading, along with it's counterpart in Leeds, becomes home to one of the UK's biggest and best festivals.
Some of the biggest names in rock music perform to the best part of 90,000 people for three nights, across a number of stages, switching between the two sites during the weekend. With the line-up becoming more diverse each year, Reading & Leeds offer something for everyone. And if you want a break from the Main or Radio1/NME stages, you will be able to find plenty of entertainment in the Comedy & Cabaret or Dance tents!
As well as an improved layout to the arena site, meaning more room, less crushing and shorter queues for food stalls and the bar, this year's festivals are set to be very popular indeed.
BBC Introducing Stage
- Little Fish
- Arcs & Trauma
- End Of Level Baddie
- Mr Fogg
- Stagecoach (1)
- The Mighty Stef
- Sketches
- Wilder
- We're Only Afraid Of NYC
- G.A.N.G
- Amy's Ghost
- Our Fold
- Wot Gorilla
- The Law
- Shockparade
- Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Love Ends Disaster!
- Midi Midis
- The Invasion Of
- My Forever
- Lady Fortune
- Rotating Leslie
- Penguin
- Soul Circus
- Club Smith
- Gallops
- Redtrack
- Lafaro (1)
- Exit International
- Reaper In Sicily
- Brilliant Things
- Nerves
- Peers
- Runaround Kids
- Kverlertak
- Blacklisters
Main Stage
NME/Radio 1 Stage
Lock Up/Dance Stage
Festival Republic Stage
Alternative Stage
Little Fish
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The Law
Four piece from Dundee who make jingly-jangly retro rock, as catchy as it is danceable, as authentic as it is fresh and new. The Law formed initially…
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Gallops
Wrexham noise makers with their brand of cosmic rocktronica. Voted as Clash Magazine's ones to watch.
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Guns N' Roses
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Arcade Fire
Montreal's Grammy award winning indie-rock collective have grown from critically acclaimed cult heroes to stadium sensations across their five albums…
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LCD Soundsystem
Aka disco-punk electronica from DFA Records' James Murphy.The 'punk-funk' collective went on to great critical acclaim, receiving two Grammy…
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Pendulum
Pendulum established themselves as one of the most exciting live acts around, having played headline tours and festivals around the world since…
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Klaxons
Neo-rave meets indie-rock from this London band, who merge guitars with synthesized sound to create their unique acid-rave sci-fi punk-funk sound…
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Alkaline Trio
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Bad Religion
The godfathers of the So.Cal. punk rock scene, still kicking ass and chewing bubblegum.
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Roots Manuva
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Marina
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Ash
Northern Ireland's favourite sons who hit the big time with their massive debut album '1977'. As part of the mid-nineties Britpop phenomenon, Ash…
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Sea Power
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Emo Philips
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Jason Byrne
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Russell Kane
Multi-award winning comedian, presenter, actor, author and scriptwriter Russell Kane is best known as the host of three series of BBC3's Live At The…
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Arcs & Trauma
Hartlepool three piece Arcs & Trauma combine math rock guitar and punctuated beats to create a sound reminiscent of American Football and Owls.
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Mr Fogg
Oxford-based electronic act. 'A beautiful chronometric collision of twinkling bells and freefalling harps' - NME 'Sharp, accessible electro-pop' - Q…
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